Oh my gosh...I know it's premature, but I just had to write you all about this. I'm not a whiner by nature. I tend to suck it up and push down how my body feels and just go about my day. My mind always seems to be able to overcome the minor normal aches and pains of life and I find that as my day moves on...I don't even notice or remember how hard it was to get out of bed.
So what has changed for me since entering this whole breast cancer and treatment thing, is that those tactics haven't worked very well lately. I hurt all over ALL day from my feet to my shoulders and everywhere in between and on top of that, I manage to have 3-4 hot flashes per hour, so you run the quality of life calculations. This equates to lowered energy for all I love to do and that is so frustrating to me.
But yesterday, I think we found a solution. I went in for all my normal check-ups with my oncology doc's and they felt it was time to do something more to help me out. So they prescribed a nightly dose of Neurontin..that can be up'd to a 2nd and 3rd dose if needed to control my hot flashes. Needless to say, Ted RAN to the drug store to get this filled last night in the hopes that he might not have to spend the night freezing under the covers as I run a constant fan over my body and make him turn the heat down to freezing temps.
Guess what happened next? I woke up at 7AM feeling bright and bushy-tailed! I felt more rested than I have in a year! Next, I put my poor plantar-fascitiis feet to the floor, to begin my pain-filled hobble to the bathroom. And lo and behold, NO PAIN...absolutely none! It's a God-given miracle! This drug is also prescribed for nerve pain due to shingles, fibromyalgia, etc., but little did I know I would get this affect on my feet! We're both still a bit cautious about this result as I also had my Zometa treatment yesterday and they give me 2 anti-inflammatory drugs to reduce the flu-like side effects but I don't remember getting any relief for my feet in the prior treatments, so I'm hopeful the Neurontin is helping.
It's now 1:30p and I haven't yet had a hot flash today. My feet still don't hurt. I actually have energy! I'm pumped! This would enable me to walk/get exercise again which will help me get this stinkin' weight off. I know we beat up the drug companies for profit-mongering, but I tell ya...thank God for their work...it just changed my life!
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